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" tried sulphur without end, and at last in desperation smothered 

 them with soot, in the dew of the morning. This rested on them 

 for four or five days, and was then washed off". The effect was 

 marvellous ; the mildew disappeared ; the leaves turned to a dark 

 green; the buds opened freely; and the flowers were briUiant." 



That yellow-bellied abomination, the grub which produces the 

 saw-fly, in this month attacks the Rose, sucking the sap from 

 underneath the leaf, and changing the colour of the part on which 

 he has fed from bright green to dirty brown. The process of 

 '' scrunching " is disagreeable, but it imist be done. 



During the continuous droughts which frequently occur in July, 

 it is desirable, of course, to water every evening, where water and 

 waterers can be had in abundance. Elsewhere, I would advise 

 that the surface of the beds be loosened from time to time with 

 the hoe. It will thus retain for a much longer period the moisture 

 of nocturnal dews. But there is nothing like a mulching of farm- 

 yard manure. 



Fading Roses should be removed from the tree, and preserved 

 for the pot-pourri jar. The other flowers of the garden perish, 

 but— 



" Sweet Roses do not so : — 

 Of their sweet deaths are sweeter odours made." 



August 



is also a propitious month for budding ; but if the weather is hot 

 and the ground parched, it will be desirable to give the beds a 

 good drenching with water " when the evening sun is low." 



The cotton may be removed from the Briers budded in July ; it 

 should remain about a month upon the stock. 



